The quality of hospitality and entertainment afforded in Georgetown and its outskirts has improved markedly in recent years. Much of this is due to accelerated investment in services, particularly restaurants, hotels and night clubs and of course to the preparedness of patrons to shell out on having a nice time.
Earlier this week, Stabroek Business visited the year-old Midtown Chariot Hotel, Restaurant and Lounge located on Robb St between Cummings and Light streets and entered into a small world of courtesy, coziness and myriad flat-screen televisions offering an impressive diet of news, sport and music videos. Even that, however, does not distract from the attractive furnishing adorning the ample space and the lighting that works wonders for the ambience of the premises.
Schulder Griffith, the Midtown Chariot’s proprietor says that the array of television screens have been installed to entice a growing population of sports enthusiasts. These days, there is much to bring them in including the Caribbean Premier League, the Ashes, the Tour De France, the Pan American Games and a host of other world-renowned sporting events. Other screens offer the latest music videos and if you are inclined towards Karaoke there is that too.
What the Midtown Chariot seeks to do is to provide such legitimate entertainment between 09:30 hrs and midnight.
The restaurant, the proprietor boasts, offers taste and quality, with dishes varying from popular finger foods, ‘cutters’ as these are popularly known, to multi-course lunches and dinners and distinct Guyanese specialties like black pudding and souse available on Fridays. A busy, well-equipped kitchen means that there is hardly need to make
